Hello,
I’ve just installed (fresh) Antergos from the new ISO (Jan 2015). DE Gnome, on a macbook pro 8,1.

I cannot add printers. The system printer setup window opens, I can see the network printers. When I select one (a lexmark) and attempt to install the “Searching for Drivers” window opens and the printer setup application freezes (CPU runs to . I get the same result when trying to add the CUPs-PDF printer as well.100% for CUPS and foomatic - 50% each).

I’m at a loss for how to resolve. I’ve reinstalled CUPS and foomatic to no effect.

Hello,
I’ve just installed (fresh) Antergos from the new ISO (Jan 2015). DE Gnome, on a macbook pro 8,1.

I cannot add printers. The system printer setup window opens, I can see the network printers. When I select one (a lexmark) and attempt to install the “Searching for Drivers” window opens and the printer setup application freezes (CPU runs to . I get the same result when trying to add the CUPs-PDF printer as well.100% for CUPS and foomatic - 50% each).

I’m at a loss for how to resolve. I’ve reinstalled CUPS and foomatic to no effect.

I had the same problem by following these threads on the forums of Arch, said he had to uninstall foomatic-db foomatic-db-nonfree after that and can be installed without problems printers. The CPU usage when using cups, is a problem of the new CUPS version 2.0.2-1 which have not yet been resolved, I have not found any response. Sorry for my english.
This is what I did to install my printer:

@lot-0-logs I could not install any printers (cups-pdf, or networked Xerox Workcentre printer/copiers, or lexmark printers). The printer settings dialog froze whenever I made the attempt. Is working now with above change…

Hello–New user here. I had the same problem setting up printer as well (same circumstances–printer discovered but no drivers being presented). Removing “foomatic-db” and “foomatic-db-nonfree” solved the issue and the printer setup process worked flawlessly. It does not appear as if the installer is fully corrected. Thanks to kaxlanwa for a proper solution. Note–all I did was remove the referenced files and everything worked. I did not have to disable or enable any services.

I am seeing this about 2 minutes too late, but I managed to work around the same problem by uninstalling gutenprint. One or the other (foomatic or gutenprint) has to go, before you can install a printer.